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EUAID Volunteers

Context Analysis – Identification of needs: stakeholders/ beneficiaries Construction resource management drawings, materials Evaluation / lessons learned

Project Management

maintenance Project design

Project Clarification

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This presentation will address the necessary analysis and key aspects of the project formulation phase and project management/implementation.

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The clearer the project is formulated, the easier it is for organisations to implement the project and evaluate it.

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Clarity and transparency in project formulation and implementation require careful consideration of several aspects.

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An objective/problem tree may offer multiple project opportunities or approaches

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Stakeholder analysis, target group analysis, Resource analysis Risk analysis etc.

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The task is hereafter to identify a way to the right approach by using the Logical Framework Approach, LFA.

Key Considerations

• Ambition – Are the objectives realistic and do they have good indicators or

success criteria?

• Target group - Is it well-defined and realistic? Who are the primary / secondary

target groups?

• Strategy - Why execute the project in a certain way – have other options been

considered?

• Context – Have factors outside the project been taken into account? What other
• rganizations or individuals will be affected / involved?
• Resources – Is the project realistic in relation to own and the partner
• rganization's resources?

Logical Framework Approach (LFA)

 The Logical Framework Approach is a method, which has been used in

development work for many years

 It is useful in creating an overview of the different processes and considerations

related to a project.

 LFA is designed to support planning and implementation of development

projects - I.e. activities that are planned to achieve specific objectives within a defined budget and within a stipulated time period

 LFA is used as a basis for various donor organisations - including Danida the

EU's development funds etc.

project concept

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The discussion of the project concept could start from the formulation of a series of questions that relates to the problems of community,

 A fundamental project problem may be phrased as a question:

• Why is there such deep poverty, low living standards and health problems?
• Why are access to clean/safe water a re-occurring challenge?

 Afterwards it is rephrased into an objective …ensure safe water reduce

poverty

 Analysis of objectives .. will achievement contribute in solving problems,  Analysis of Resources of organisation, partners and donors

 financial resources, human resources, organisational/institutional

STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

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The purpose of the stakeholder analysis is to provide a description of the persons,

• rganisations and institutions with a stake in the project. Stakeholders are mapped on the

basis of reflections as to

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who might be interested in the project issue to be addressed.

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the categories with which we want to operate, for instance, whether it is relevant to divide an

• verall group – such as farmers – into women and men, or into land-owners and landless.

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The analysis focuses on the stakeholders’ relation to the intervention, their interest (motivation), their fears regarding the project, as well as potential strengths and weaknesses.

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It is important to include:

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The people intended to benefit from the project

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The people to be involved in implementing the project

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Organisations and institutions with direct or indirect influence on the project

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Decision-makers who indirectly exert significant influence on the project

Stakeholder Analysis

Primary stakeholders Involve ment in the project Interest in project Fear of project Strengths Weaknesses /Risks Village inhabitants Male/female/ Ministries Councils Local authorities

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Target Group Analysis

Primary Target Group / Beneficiaries Involvem ent in the project I Interest in project Fear of project Strengths Weaknesses/risks Village inhabitants Male/female/ children Educational institutions staff/students Etc.

LFA matrix

Terminology

 Development objectives, goal to which project is contributing in achieving in

the long term attribution not only to specific project

 Immediate objectives, goals to be obtained by project  Outputs or projects to be produced by end of project a changed situation to

be verified time, location, target group, substantial qualitative change and quantitative change.. / asking when, where, who, what how much

 Actions are the concrete events taking place as part of project  Inputs financial, equipment and human resource contributions  Indicators to be relevant, specific and measurable / reliable  Assumptions / external conditions for which the project do not have control

but on the other hand rely on for successful realisation

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Assumptions are to be assessed importance relevance and importance of assumptions